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1 week ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
It's impossible to ignore generational tensions and differences affecting age groups like Gen Z and baby boomers, often sparked by changing social norms, values, personal beliefs, and attitudes. According to research, these tensions not only affect productivity in the workplace, they also tend to spark personal resentment between adult children and their older family members.
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1 week ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
Even the most empathetic, understanding, and thoughtful people still get annoyed by seemingly subtle behaviors and habits—it’s human nature. We all notice things, get triggered by strange behaviors, and cope with stress, anxiety, and overwhelm by occasionally hyper-fixating on other people’s habits. It doesn’t make anyone a bad person; it’s just a reflection of where we may be struggling, insecure, resentful, or simply bored.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
11 Habits That Make People Quietly Judge You, Even If They’d Never Admit ItEven the most empathetic, understanding, and thoughtful people still get annoyed by seemingly subtle behaviors and habits—it’s human nature. We all …
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1 week ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
Entitled people often have narcissistic and selfish tendencies. They'd prefer to hurt other people to feel better about themselves, manipulate people to get what they want, and invalidate other people's struggles, needs, and emotions to make space for their own. Of course, these tendencies are fueled by internal anger, insecurity, and resentment, but they're also often coping mechanisms for the discomfort and turmoil they aren't sure how to handle in their daily lives.
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1 week ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
From access and quality of higher education, to daily experiences like using a public restroom, and larger issues of housing inequality and healthcare, there are a number of things intertwined into a person's economic class. Focusing strictly on income, work ethic, or opportunity isn't enough to paint a nuanced picture of our society's wealth inequality epidemic.
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1 week ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
Although they tend to be open-minded about certain things and often emotionally intelligent enough to live authentically, highly intelligent people do struggle with pessimism on a daily basis more than the average person, according to career coach Marty Nemko. They can see behind the veil of external validation, societal norms, and fake people, so there are certain things people with high IQs pretend to enjoy but secretly hate.
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1 week ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
It’s not surprising when generational resentment and tension that have always existed are exacerbated again by the state of the world, especially when considering how younger generations like Gen Z grew up in an entirely different societal and digital landscape and have different attitudes around accepting and challenging social norms. Gen Z and baby boomers live different lives, have incredibly different values, and engage in hobbies, habits, and routines that are worlds apart.
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2 weeks ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
Similar to the ways adverse childhood experiences like parental neglect or unmet physical needs can affect mental health and the ability to form meaningful relationships in adulthood, your financial status stability can affect your financial literacy, stability, and success later in life as well, according to a study from the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
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2 weeks ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
When your parents raised you right, there are certain things you know you need to do for the sake of your well-being, including refusing to allow certain things into your home. The relationship between childhood experiences and adult success is impossible to ignore. Even small and subtle things, like setting boundaries and doing chores, can make a difference in your entire state of being.
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2 weeks ago | 
yourtango.com | Zayda Slabbekoorn
It’s not uncommon for adult children, freshly dealing with new struggles in adulthood and navigating their independence for the first time, to become self-absorbed in their own problems and forgo giving grace to their parents. According to psychologist Jeffrey Bernstein, an adult child’s selfishness isn’t usually a direct attack on their parents, but a misalignment of values and a manifestation of the stress they’re experiencing in their personal lives.
